30 Adobe Photoshop Shortcuts for Faster Image Editing

Adobe Photoshop is packed with powerful tools for editing, retouching, and designing, but constantly searching for functions in menus can slow you down. The key to working faster in Photoshop? Keyboard shortcuts! Whether you're zooming in, managing layers, or making quick selections, using shortcuts can drastically improve your workflow and boost productivity.

In this blog, we've compiled 30 of the most essential Photoshop shortcuts to help you work smarter and edit like a pro.

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Navigation and Viewing Shortcuts

Switching between open Photoshop documents:

Mac: Ctrl + Tab

‍Windows: Ctrl + Tab

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Toggle fullscreen mode:

Mac: F

‍Windows: F

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Fit Photoshop images to screen:

Mac: Cmd + 0

‍Windows: Ctrl + 0

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Zoom in and out of a Photoshop document:

Mac: Cmd + + or -

‍Windows: Ctrl  + + or -

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Adobe Photoshop File Management

Switching between open Photoshop documents:

Mac: Ctrl + Tab

‍Windows: Ctrl + Tab

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Creating a new Photoshop document:

Mac: Cmd + N

‍Windows: Ctrl + N

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Opening an existing Photoshop document:

Mac: Cmd + O

‍Windows: Ctrl + O

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Saving an Adobe Photoshop document:

Mac: Cmd + S

‍Windows: Ctrl + S

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Saving As for a Photoshop document:

Mac: Cmd + Shift + S

‍Windows: Ctrl + Shift + S

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Closing the current Photoshop document:

Mac: Cmd + W

‍Windows: Ctrl + W

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Editing & Selection Shortcuts

Undoing the last Photoshop action:

Mac: Cmd + Z

‍Windows: Ctrl + Z

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Redo an Adobe Photoshop action:

Mac: Cmd + Shift + Z

‍Windows: Ctrl + Shift + Z

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Select all Photoshop elements:

Mac: Cmd + A

‍Windows: Ctrl + A

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Deselect a Photoshop selection:

Mac: Cmd + D

‍Windows: Ctrl + D

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Invert an Adobe Photoshop selection:

Mac: Cmd + Shift + I

‍Windows: Ctrl + Shift + I

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Photoshop Layer Management

Create a new Photoshop layer:

Mac: Cmd + Shift + N

‍Windows: Ctrl + Shift + N

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Duplicate an Adobe Photoshop layer:

Mac: Cmd + J

‍Windows: Ctrl + J

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Merging selected layers in Photoshop:

Mac: Cmd + E

‍Windows: Ctrl + E

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Group selected layers in Adobe Photoshop:

Mac: Cmd + G

‍Windows: Ctrl + G

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Ungroup layers in Photoshop:

Mac: Cmd + Shift + G

‍Windows: Ctrl + Shift + G

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Photoshop Tools & Brushes

Switch between Adobe Photoshop tools:

Mac and Windows: Press the first letter of the tool name (e.g., B for Brush, V for Move)

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Adjust Photoshop brush size:

Mac and Windows: [ for decrease

Mac and Windows: ] for increase

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Fill selection with color:

Mac: Shift + F5

Windows: Shift + F5

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Toggle foreground & background colours in Photoshop:

Mac and Windows: X

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Reset foreground & background colours in Photoshop:

Mac and Windows: D

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Transformation & Adjustments

Free transform a Photoshop object:

Mac: Cmd + T

Windows: Ctrl + T

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Apply a clipping mask in Photoshop:

Mac: Cmd + Option + G

Windows: Ctrl + Alt + G

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Merge all visible layers into a new layer:

Mac: Cmd + Shift + E

Windows: Ctrl + Shift + E

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Feather Photoshop selection:

Mac: Shift + F6

Windows: Shift + F6

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Repeat the last Photoshop transformation:

Mac: Cmd + Shift + T

Windows: Ctrl + Shift + T

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For help speeding up your work in InDesign view 30 Adobe InDesign Shortcuts.

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